Math Adventures

A group of 3rd grade students have worked hard with Ms. Sachs to create their own Math Adventure movies. The students modeled their movies off the Cyberchase Math movies on PBS Kids. Here is one Cyberchase example called "All the Right Angles." After the students watched a few examples online, they set to work brainstorming and writing their own scripts. Each group chose a math concept as the center of their movie. Their goal was to collaborate to write and produce a movie that would teach the viewer about that math concept.

Mrs. Husketh taught the students how to use a program called Photostory to create their movies. Photostory is a free digital storytelling tool from Microsoft. The students imported their scanned illustrations, recorded narration, and edited each scene. Trouble-shooting was also needed as we learned that technology can be finicky and we had to be flexible! This required a lot of critical thinking and problem solving for the groups to achieve the final product. Ms. Sachs and I were proud of their efforts!

Please scroll down past the pictures to view each Math Adventure. Turn up your volume to the maximum level and use external speakers or headphones for the best quality viewing experience.



This group is illustrating their script. Once the illustrations are complete, Mrs. Husketh will scan the images.



Adding narration.

Previewing our work :)

Practicing the script

Recording narration.

This group included a math rap in their movie!

Listening to the narration before moving forward.

Adding the final touches.

Our Math Adventure Movies